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I want this shirt.

Description:

We decided to make a shirt in tribute to one of the first traumatic experiences in life -- the visit to the pediatrician. It involves hanging out in waiting rooms with sick kids, toys you're not allowed to play with because other sick kids have been touching them, and an oversized children's Bible as the only reading material for folks under 3 feet tall. When you finally see the pediatrician, he does something to distract you so he can give you a shot, and all you get in return is a lollipop. Not a fair trade.

Our 100% cotton black shirt features the phrase "You Never Forget Your First Doctor" under an inexplicable picture of an old-style British police phone box with a white starburst behind it. We have no idea what's going on with that.

I'm also waiting for the day that someone makes an external hard drive that doesn't look like a book or a modem, but...looks like a TARDIS. Or like a miniature model of Minas Tirith. Or something else profoundly cool and geeky. You think it's a generic desktop decoration...BUT IT'S A HARD DRIVE! Awesome, neh?

Comments

[mswyrr]

You're totally right! We need to escape the ruthless modernist idea that everything has to be the shape that's the simplest while being functional. I think I would reach new levels of glee if I could have a TARDIS external HD. It would be even cooler than the steampunk computer.

Everything tech doesn't have to be a beige or black box!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Awesome computer! I'd hate the keyboard (I need ergonomic), but the rest of it... hell yes. I'd take a steampunk computer.

We need to escape the ruthless modernist idea that everything has to be the shape that's the simplest while being functional

YES! I appreciate simplicity, but I think we can jazz up a lot of these devises while maintaining functionality and access. And as tech gets smaller, the packaging can easily get fancier or frillier, I say!

[spikewriter]

We do have a TARDIS USB hub on our home system, but you're right that hard drives need to be something else besides cubes.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

what exactly is a usb hub?

[boosette.livejournal.com]

It's a computer appliance that gives you more USB ports - I needed one back when we had an ancient Win98 machine interim replacement computer because I had more USB stuff to hook up to the box than the box had USB ports.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

do you have a picture? or a link to it online? I'd love to see what it looks like.

[irrel.livejournal.com]

Great idea! I want a cool looking external hard drive! *flaunting icon lol*

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

oh my God. I need one of those external hard drives STAT. WHY ARE THEY NOT REAL?

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I was just wondering... if I made a case for one and sold it, would I owe royalties? Do the guys who made that t-shirt pay royalties?